You can see what gifts your MP has been receiving and from who, by using our interactive table
Members of Parliament have received gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources worth a combined total of nearly £2m since June last year, according to the latest Register of Interests. The Register logs over 446 gifts that have been declared by MPs, and covers a whole range of things from taxi rides to sport tickets, clothing and legal expenses.
The gifts given to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, have dominated recent headlines and he has received 18 gifts since June last year, worth a combined total of £65,978. That’s more gift entries in the latest Register than any other minister.
Three of the gifts are from Lord Alli – accommodation worth £20,437, work clothing worth £16,200, and multiple pairs of glasses worth £2,485. Another 14 of the Prime Minister’s entries are for tickets to music and sporting events, worth a total of £22,356.
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Jeremy Corbyn has received the next highest number of gifts on the Register, with 16. All of his donations are legal fees to pay for Mr Corbyn’s solicitor in the case of Millett vs Corbyn, a libel action against the former Labour leader which was discontinued.
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Those donations are worth a total of £298,705, which is more than all but one other current MP. You can also search to see what your MP has received by using our interactive table below:
The largest single gift on the register is to Dame Siobhain McDonagh. She was given a £1.2million interest free loan “to be repaid on the sale of the home I share with a family member”.
Her entry on the register states that “the move was necessary to provide the family member with complete ground floor access”. Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak has two entries on the list – both for the use of helicopters during the election.
They were worth a total of £11,496 and were gifted by HomeServe CEO Richard Harpin. Two of the Tory leadership candidates, Robert Jenrick and James Cleverly, don’t have any gifts on the register. Kemi Badenoch does, however – four tickets with hospitality for the Jingle Bell Ball worth £800, donated by Global Media.
MPs to have received the highest valued gifts from UK sources include:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh: £1,200,000Jeremy Corbyn: £298,705Sir Keir Starmer: £65,978Imogen Walker: £25,000Mr James Frith: £12,555Rishi Sunak: £11,496Mrs Elsie Blundell: £11,051Greg Smith: £10,829Dame Karen Bradley: £10,400Sarah Hall: £10,200Jo Platt: £10,200Andrew Rosindell: £8,124Chris Bryant: £7,962Dame Caroline Dinenage: £6,623Sir John Whittingdale: £6,160Nigel Huddleston: £6,160Darren Jones: £6,155Jeremy Hunt: £6,083Kim Leadbeater: £6,024Alison Griffiths: £6,000
